Improvement in harvesters



2shets--sheef2. S. S. STULTZ. Harvester.

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To all whom it may concern UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea-. A

SIDNEY S.y STULTZ, OF CEDAR BLUFFS, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,055, dated J une l, 1875; application led Y September l5, 1874.

Be it known that I, SIDNEY S. STULTZ, o Cedar Bluffs, in the county of Saunders and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved harvester, showing grain carrier V-removed. Fig. 2 is a rear view, showing grain-carrier attached. Fig. 3 .is a longitudinal sectional elevati'on. Fig; 4 is a view of axle detached from the machine, showing. hinged or pivotal rod. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of elevatorf Fig. 6 is a side view, showing hinged tables placed in avertical position for supporting.

Like letters in all the figures of the drawings indicate like parts. .f

My invention relates to the class of har.- vesters known as headers 5 and consists of an adjustable platform' or frame carrying the sickle-bar, apron, land. reelin :combination with an elevator-frame fixed upon the main. frame, to which main frame the tongue is rigidly attached, so as to shorten the draft, or bring it nearer to the sickle-bar. The apron of the elevator-frame is `arranged so as to have its movement distinct and separate from the movement of the apron of the platform without interfering with a proper delivery of the grain from one apron to the other; also, in the combination of a detachable grain-carrier, stationary elevator-frame, and pivotal supports attached to a binders receiving-table constructed upon the main frame, having a detachable binders7 platform; also, in a sheetmetal pressure-rack hinged or pivoted to the elevator-frame in such a manner that it will adjust itself to the varying thicknesses of grain passing up the elevator, in combination with and overlapping a rack having a hinged connection with the said frame.

The adjustable platforln is provided with or carri es the sickle-barA,apron B,and reel C. The end bars of the frame are provided with hingeplates, which connect rigidly with a rod, c,

brace-plate d, which isbolted vto it and to the end ofthe axle-beam extending beyondv its inj tersection withthe tongue. l' The opposite i standard G of the 'elevator-apron frame is bolted on the insideof the' axle-beam and against the tongue. 'Illesev standards G G,

4in connection with cross-braces and rollers,

form the frame for carrying the elevator-apron,

which, as before referred to, is arranged peri pendicular to and' independent of the adjusti able platform. The tongue is strengthened i-n its connectionwiththe axle by the`v brace 5 H.- The drivingwheel I of the machine is located between. the brace-plate d andthe tongue, the axle yoil which has its bearings in j :jpurnal-boxes attached to thefunderside of l the brace-platteland tongue. v parted from thesaidwheel to the sickle-bar Motion is imthrough a pit-man-rod, e, one end of which i connects with-a pulley, f, whose'shaft extends across andlis'secured in suitable bearings under the axle and short beam. Asuitable connectionis thence made with the driving-wheel. The ovther-endlofthe pitman-rod is pivoted to the end of lever g, which latter extends und'erf the axle, and is connected with the center of the sickle-bar, the said lever having a pivotal bearing in the center of the rear side bar of the adjustable platform, and working between the upper and lower side of the apron B. Apron B, elevator-apron J, and graincarrier apron K are all operated simultaneously by the pulleys l 2 3, connected by bands with the main or starting pulley f. The lever L, for depressing or elevating the sickle-bar, is attached to a-crank-coupling, t', which latter is rigidly attached to the end of the hinged or pivotal rod a under the axle. The rear end of this lever is controlled by its connection with a bar, M, pivoted to the tongue, the lever having a staple made to inclose the said bar, and arranged to slide freely up and down on the side thereof, and held in place when the sickle-bar is adjusted to the desired position by a pin putin the proper hole in the bar.

`At the junction of lever L with the crankcoupling is attached the lever N, which latter extends forward and through the elongated slots m in the standards of the elevator-apron frame, and forms a bearing or support for the shaft of the reel; the opposite end of which shaft has its bearing in an arm, o, attached to a standard connected with the frame of the platform. A bracerod, a, is attached to both levers. The levers thus combined raise or lower the sickle-bar simultaneously with the reel; and, as will be seen, when it is desired to` use the machine as a header or a harvester, or to depress or elevate the sickle-bar for any purpose whatsoever, itis accomplished `independently of either the elevator tongue or axle,

and without interfering with aproper delivery of the grain from the sickle-bar apron to the elevator-apron, the two aprons maintaining a close proximity with each other, so that no 1 grain can pass betweenor below Vthe endsof either.

to the standards G' G, and resting'on legs secured to theends of thefaXle-beamand short beam c. rigidly-attached to a rod passing under the receiving-table, and having api-votal bearingt position `by a pin on the taperingend of each being slipped vin a hole in the projecting por-` `J une, 1874.

tion of the brace oneach sideof the carrier.

To use the machine as a harvester, the graincarrier is removed the tables Pl P turned down ush with thereceivin g-table, and the platform attached, and `of course the sickle-bar is lowered to the proper position.

The supplemental tables Pl P are@ The sheet-metal pressure-rack S has a hinged or pivotal connection with the standards G G of the elevator-frame by means of a wire, s, passed through a hole near the edge on each side of the rack, and bent in such a manner, Where it connects with the standards, that the rack will by its own gravity adjust itself au tomatically to the varying thicknesses of the grain passing upon the elevator-apron. rack overlaps another rack, T, having a hin ged connection with a wire support, u, attached to the frame of the sickle-bar; and, of course, in the adjustment of the latter, rackTslides freely upon and independent of rack S.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An adjustable platform or `frame carrying the sickle-bar, apron, and reel, in combination with an elevator-frame xed upon the main frame, and having its apron constructed to operate distinct and separate from the apron of the platform, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Over the driving-wheel is constructed the` receiving-tableO, supported by bars attached 2. The frame of the sickle-bar, apron, and reel, rigidly attached'by hinge-plates to a rod,

: a, swung in fulcrum-.bearings under the axle, v in combination with a crank-coupling, t', levers L N, brace-rod a, tongue F, and standards G Gr, provided lwith slots m, substantially asset forth.

3. Thecombination of the detachable grainicarrier K, stationary elevator-frame, andpivotal `supports P P, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

.4. The sheet-metal pressure-rack, hinged or pivoted to the elevator, in combination `with and overlapping a rack havinga hingedcon- `nection with a wire support attached to the adjustable frame, substantially as and for the purposcset forth. A

i' In testimony that I claim the foregoing `I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of SIDNEY S. STULTZ.

Witnesses:

FRANK KERKARD, y WILLIAM MARTIN.

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